significant stage or experience in the life of a child or young person that can affect behaviour and development. Types of transitions: Emotional - personal experiences such as parent’s separating‚ bereavement‚ beginning or leaving a place of care. • Physical - change in environments • Intellectual - maturation‚ moving from one educational establishment to another. • Physiological – puberty or medical conditions Effects of transitions of young people and children Bereavement: may involve sadness‚ depression
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care means in children and young people settings (Ref. 1.1) Duty of care in children and young people settings means that we as adults need to keep them safe and to protect them from sexual‚ physical and emotional harm by giving appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and work within policies and procedures in place about Individual Rights‚ Children Act.‚ Safeguarding Policies‚ Confidentiality Policy. All people who work with children have a duty
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different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Schools have a responsibility to: ● develop children’s awareness and their knowledge of what is acceptable and not acceptable behaviour‚ including when using the Internet ● know‚ support and protect children who are identified as being at greater risk – that is‚ on the ‘at risk register’ ● provide opportunities for professional training of all staff relating to safeguarding ● put into place policies
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welfare and safety of all children and young people. There are forever changing and developing in response to current concerns and focuses - for example‚ the death of Victoria Climbié resulted in the Every Child Matters report being published and changes to legislation being made. In England there are a variety of legislations which affects the safe guarding of children and young people. The first being the Children Act 1989‚ which states that everyone that works with children (i.e. health and social
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of the Child 1989 (UN‚ 1989). This was ratified in 1991 by the UK. Although different British governments have said they are bound by this Convention it has not become part of English law. Safeguarding children in England Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. We will look at the Children Acts later
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Outline Current Legislation‚ Guidelines‚ Policies and Procedures Within Own UK Nation Affecting Safeguarding of Children and Young People Unit 025 Outcome 1 1. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in settings for children and young people in England and Wales are the result of legislation passed in parliament‚ including: In England and Wales‚ The Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004/in Northern Ireland‚ Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - These acts were brought in
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for Children and Young People 1.1‚ 1.2‚1‚3‚1‚4. The concept of “children’s rights” is something that some people find difficult‚ and many people fail to understand. It is easily trivialised‚ and yet it addresses issues central to the safety‚ well-being and development of our youngest citizens‚ and indeed our society as a whole. Children’s rights and interests are often forgotten and the very rationale for the Convention on the Rights of the Child was that children require special protection: while
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Children are gifts from God. So they need to be nurtured‚ protected‚ respect and most of all they need LOVE. We as teacher are said to be the second mother of every child in the school. We’re together for eight hours a day or even longer‚ five days a week‚ we even spend more time with them than their real parents. We got to laugh with them often‚ play with them and we contribute a lot in their total development as a person. For me‚ being a teacher is really not just teaching
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roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. There are many agencies involved in the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. Agencies such as; 1. Social Services- There to offer support to the child and the setting. Social services have the powers to investigate any suspected improper behaviour from carers‚ children or the setting. They also have to meet and conduct interviews with the child and the family members involved‚ liaise
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SHC 34.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals Having a duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of children in my care. Risk Assessments – carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for all of the activities we do and places we visit ensures that thought and concern is given to how we do things every day‚ this way I ensure risks concerning equipment‚ venues and activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of injury or harm
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